Common non-synonymous SNPs associated with breast cancer susceptibility: findings from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

Roger L Milne, Barbara Burwinkel, Kyriaki Michailidou, Jose-Ignacio Arias-Perez, M Pilar Zamora, Primitiva Menéndez-Rodríguez, David Hardisson, Marta Mendiola, Anna González-Neira, Guillermo Pita, M Rosario Alonso, Joe Dennis, Qin Wang, Manjeet K Bolla, Anthony Swerdlow, Alan Ashworth, Nick Orr, Minouk Schoemaker, Yon-Dschun Ko, Hiltrud BrauchUte Hamann, Irene L Andrulis, Julia A Knight, Gord Glendon, Sandrine Tchatchou, Keitaro Matsuo, Hidemi Ito, Hiroji Iwata, Kazuo Tajima, Jingmei Li, Judith S Brand, Hermann Brenner, Aida Karina Dieffenbach, Volker Arndt, Christa Stegmaier, Diether Lambrechts, Gilian Peuteman, Marie-Rose Christiaens, Ann Smeets, Anna Jakubowska, Jan Lubinski, Katarzyna Jaworska-Bieniek, Katazyna Durda, Mikael Hartman, Miao Hui, Wei Yen Lim, Simon S Cross, Malcolm W R Reed, Soo Hwang Teo, Sarah Stewart-Brown, GENICA Network

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Abstract

Candidate variant association studies have been largely unsuccessful in identifying common breast cancer susceptibility variants, although most studies have been underpowered to detect associations of a realistic magnitude. We assessed 41 common non-synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) for which evidence of association with breast cancer risk had been previously reported. Case-control data were combined from 38 studies of white European women (46 450 cases and 42 600 controls) and analyzed using unconditional logistic regression. Strong evidence of association was observed for three nsSNPs: ATXN7-K264R at 3p21 [rs1053338, per allele OR = 1.07, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.04-1.10, P = 2.9 × 10(-6)], AKAP9-M463I at 7q21 (rs6964587, OR = 1.05, 95% CI = 1.03-1.07, P = 1.7 × 10(-6)) and NEK10-L513S at 3p24 (rs10510592, OR = 1.10, 95% CI = 1.07-1.12, P = 5.1 × 10(-17)). The first two associations reached genome-wide statistical significance in a combined analysis of available data, including independent data from nine genome-wide association studies (GWASs): for ATXN7-K264R, OR = 1.07 (95% CI = 1.05-1.10, P = 1.0 × 10(-8)); for AKAP9-M463I, OR = 1.05 (95% CI = 1.04-1.07, P = 2.0 × 10(-10)). Further analysis of other common variants in these two regions suggested that intronic SNPs nearby are more strongly associated with disease risk. We have thus identified a novel susceptibility locus at 3p21, and confirmed previous suggestive evidence that rs6964587 at 7q21 is associated with risk. The third locus, rs10510592, is located in an established breast cancer susceptibility region; the association was substantially attenuated after adjustment for the known GWAS hit. Thus, each of the associated nsSNPs is likely to be a marker for another, non-coding, variant causally related to breast cancer risk. Further fine-mapping and functional studies are required to identify the underlying risk-modifying variants and the genes through which they act.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6096-111
Number of pages16
JournalHuman Molecular Genetics
Volume23
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2014

Keywords

  • A Kinase Anchor Proteins
  • Adult
  • Alleles
  • Ataxin-7
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • NIMA-Related Kinases
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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